Will Microsoft’s move into tablet sales alienate the
computer manufacturers that made their fortune? They don’t HAVE to put Windows
on that new hardware!
With the economy being what it is (and has been for several
years), the open-source community again offers up Linux distros, most of which are
FREE, as alternatives to Microsoft’s cash-cow.
David Meyer posted an article this week on the opening door
for Linux.
I have used Linux as well as Windows for several years. What
usually holds Windows users back from migrating to the free operating system is
the learning curve.
Having spent some time with the early preview releases of
Windows 8, the learning curve is going to hit us anyway. For starters, 8
doesn’t have the familiar “Start” button we’ve embraced since Windows 95. Took
me a while to figure out how to navigate using the new start screen!
With a learning curve thus being inevitable, this could be
the widest door-opening yet for Linux to cross the threshold. The other option
would be to hold on to Windows 7 (and for some of us, even XP) for a few more
years.
More to come on this subject for sure.
